Thos. & Wm. Molson - 1/2 penny 1837

Description

In 1763 France and England signed the Treaty of Paris and Canada became a British possession. Sixty years later the mother country had made no effort to provide an official currency for the young colony. By this time several private banks were in operation and they issued paper money which served to facilitate large business transactions. It was in the market place, where the ordinary citizen had to make change for small purchases, that the situation was most keenly felt. Read more »

It exists a variety with a thick planchet with a reeded edge and a variety with a thin planchet with a plain edge.